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11.11.2012

On Thursday, a day I don’t
normally work, I gave a presentation to some of our IMPORTANT clients.(Capslock for them – that’s how special they
are.) The presentation was web-related so I wasn’t nervous
about it until they dimmed all the lights in the conference room and BAM! –
spotlight on my face.It took me a
second to squint out at everyone and begin. I knew it was going well when my co-worker
Meredith texted me “This rocks” mid-presentation.(And, yes, I saw it.This mama always has her phone during work
hours.JUST IN CASE.)

Further, work is going great.
I feel like I could be there full time plus and still have work to do at
home.When I’m there, I think “I could
totally do that – work full time, have both the kids in school.”Then I leave at 2:30 and have long, lovely
park afternoons with the kids and think “NEVER.I’m NEVER WORKING AGAIN!”Aaaand
repeat.Three days a week.Plus
some hours outside of that – increasingly more lately; we are ramping up to our
busy time of year.

And, realistically, this presentation
was outside of “normal” work hours for me so I had to find NK a sitter for
Thursday in order to give this presentation.That's not always going to work. My boss covered the sitter fee (I know; I do realize how lucky I am) for
this event but that is not always the case.I have to say NO often (which is not in my nature when it comes to
office life).Still, I hold strong to my I’M ONLY PART TIME
position and pray I’m giving enough attention all around.

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comments:

nobody has ever put a spotlight on me, and I am not super-familiar with tupac. other than that, i may as well have written this. i have that exact same work/home balance situation going on. love the job, love the kids, each place i am i think "ooh, i could do this so much more" then i get to the other place. I love your blog!